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Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life

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The Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life (TRIPLL), formed in 2009 as one of the Edward R. Roybal Centers for Translational Research on Aging, investigates innovative, nonpharmacologic methods to mitigate persistent pain, which is estimated to affect nearly half of older Americans.

Principal Investigator & Director

M. Carrington Reid, Weill Cornell

Co-principal investigator and Co-Director

Elaine Wethington, Cornell University

Cornell Co-investigator

Corinna Loeckenhoff, Cornell University

Project Website

tripll.org

TRIPLL unites Weill Cornell Medicine researchers and social and psychological scientists at Cornell’s Ithaca campus, along with colleagues from Columbia, the University of Michigan, Texas Southwestern University, the University of Washington, and multiple community-based healthcare collaborators to address chronic pain among older adults.

Over 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, more than those affected by heart disease, diabetes and cancer combined, highlighting the importance of developing and testing solutions to address the problem. Because older adults are more sensitive than younger adults to medication-related side effects, TRIPLL has focused on behavioral intervention projects to help older adults manage pain, such as programs promoting physical activity and increasing the frequency of positive emotions. Since its inception, TRIPLL has funded over 40 behavioral intervention projects involving more than 100 investigators nationwide to develop, deploy, and disseminate effective versions of these treatments that are feasible and acceptable to older adults.